FIRST PHOTO..........AND NEW FINISH

Here as I promised (I hope) is a picture of the San Man Original season freebie that I recently finished.
Wow I am so impressed with myself....I actually DID IT!!!! I also added a flickr, please take a look. Again, I am so proud of myself. I just need to add the four little charms to the corners of this little cutie and frame it! I thought this design was soooooooooo cute. I started it right before Cathy and I went away for our girls weekend away, and I worked on it quite a bit while we were snowed in ;) Finished it not too long after we got back. Cathy helped me pick out some charms for the corners while she was here last week. Was that just last week???? Was our weekend away just over two months ago?? Feels like forever ago!!! Cathy will attest to that! Somehow time certainly flies by when we are together. A day at work just is not in the same time/space continuim as when we spend a day together. I am convinced that time stops at work, but it somehow races by much too fast when Cathy and I are together.

I am completely undecided as to what project to start next. I have enough projects that I would love to make to last three life times. There are days that stretch into weeks, that I get no stitching at all accomplished. I really need to make myself pick up a project while I'm sitting at night, instead of being a human potato. That is the world according to me for this evening.
Patti

Welcome to my BLOG!

This is my first adventure into blogging!! I am really new to this, so please be patient with me. I am the very proud mom to two boys ages 14 and almost 11. They keep me incredibly busy. I love to do counted cross stitch. Most of my projects I give as gifts. Up until about two years ago, I never took pictures of the many projects I have gifted to family and friends. I wish I had done that all along. I have just finished a really cute seasonal freebie from SanManOriginals, I finally made something for myself YEA! As soon as I master the posting of pictures I will post it. Now I need to decide what to start next, decisions, decisions!

My sister and two nieces just finished a visit to me. They left this morning and I am very sad :( She (Cathy) is the one who got me started on my blog. Many thanks Cath!!!!!! I look forward to posting works in progress, and finishes. That's about it for now!

Patti

Six Unusual Things About Me

1. I met my best friend when I was four years old. She is still my best friend, over the years she has become so much more. From a very young age we felt that we were "Sisters of the Heart". She is my SISTER, which is how we have referred to each other for years.
2. When I was eight years old, I fell on a pitch fork and it went through my foot. I still have the scar, even though I am just slightly older ;)
3. I have a strange fascination with the Statue of Liberty. Have had it since I was a little girl, when we visited New York City. One of these days I just might have to immortalize her in cross stitch.
4. When I was a little girl, I was drinking out of a cup with a straw built in, and sucked a "pinchy bug" into my mouth from the cup. Till this day, I am terrified of crawly bugs! Flying ones really don't bother me, but creepy crawlers are another story.
5. People that I hardly know tend to tell me their innermost secrets and problems. Not sure if this is a curse or blessing.
6. Ok, I'll admit it, I love to eat Twisted Cheetos with my everything bagels. I know that is strange, but don't knock it till you've tried it.